Avalanche Probe
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- Date
- 1980
- Material
- leather; metal; cable
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0059
- Description
- A dark grey metal avalanche probe held in a bright orange leather pouch with a metal clasp. The avalanche probe features 7 pieces connected via a cable that runs throughout the probe. One end of the probe has a lighter silver knob with tap near it. The other end has a brass-coloured metal end. The …
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- Title
- Avalanche Probe
- Date
- 1980
- Material
- leather; metal; cable
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 7.5 x 53.9 cm
- Description
- A dark grey metal avalanche probe held in a bright orange leather pouch with a metal clasp. The avalanche probe features 7 pieces connected via a cable that runs throughout the probe. One end of the probe has a lighter silver knob with tap near it. The other end has a brass-coloured metal end. The orange leather pouch features text along the middle on one side which reads “Lindenmann Lawinen-Sonde” and text at the top of the pouch which reads “SCOTT” in handwriting.
- Subject
- ski
- skiing
- winter
- avalanche
- safety
- Chic Scott
- mountaineering
- Credit
- Gift of Charles (Chic) Scott, Cochrane, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0059
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X-Country Ski Boots
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- Date
- 1980 – 1990
- Material
- skin; rubber; plastic; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1134 a,b
- Description
- A pair of black and grey leather ski boots; over ankle, layered leather sole, grooved at the heel for cable; rubber soles sewn on leather, eight metal D rings for laces (four on each side) four metal lace hooks (two on each side); a grey leather stripe sewn on diagonally on each side of the boot an…
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- Title
- X-Country Ski Boots
- Date
- 1980 – 1990
- Material
- skin; rubber; plastic; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 11.0 x 33.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of black and grey leather ski boots; over ankle, layered leather sole, grooved at the heel for cable; rubber soles sewn on leather, eight metal D rings for laces (four on each side) four metal lace hooks (two on each side); a grey leather stripe sewn on diagonally on each side of the boot and on the back of boot above the heel. There is an “R” inside a circle on the outside ankle and in raised letters on the rubber sole “Galibier”, another “R” inside a circle “RAID” “MADE IN FRANCE”.
- Subject
- sports
- winter
- skiing
- Chic Scott
- Credit
- Gift of Charles (Chic) Scott, Cochrane, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1134 a,b
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